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Accepted Paper:
Market of health in time of crises: biomedical drugs, traditional remedies and plural medical system in Mekelle, Ethiopia
Pino Schirripa
(University of Messina)
Paper short abstract:
A drug can be seen as any organic or mineral compound which is considered as able to face of, and often to defeat, what in that context is thought as sickness. The paper will sketch the Mekelle medical system, focusing on the perception and use of pharmaceuticals.
Paper long abstract:
A drug can be seen as any organic or mineral compound which is considered as able to face of, and often to defeat, what in that context is thought as sickness.
The A. will sketch Mekelle's medical system in its plurality, showing how it will be analyzed using the bourdean concept of field of forces. In this way the different social actors in the arena can be seen as competing each other to gain a position.
All resources use something that can be considered as a drug. The A. will analyze the role of these different pharmaceuticals within the field of forces stressing their role in defining the different position of any actor.
Focusing on the current financial crises and on the effects of the global pharmaceutical market on the local context, the A. will describe how it builds diversification in production and use, and inqualities.
Medical knowledge, health, crises, and processes of diversification
Session 1